The Masters Voice

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	EXT.	CENTURY CITY PLAZA CENTURY CITY CALIFORNIA

	INT.	RECEPTION AREA,LAW FIRM OF MILLIKEN, 
	WILLIAM'S AND 	LEVINE

	A young man is sitting in a large comfortable 
	couch in the Law Firm waiting room.  WILLIAM 
	BARNES is in his late thirties good looking
	and dresses quite well.  The receptionist looks
	at him and smiles, he returns the smile.

					BARNES
			Miss, do you think it'll be much 
			longer. My appointment with
			Mr. Levine was at two-thirty
			and it's now three.

					RECEPTIONIST
			I'm sorry Mr. Barnes but we had a 
			bit of an emergency this morning 
			and we're all running a little
			behind. By the way my name is Laura, 
			I'm a temp here for the next two
			weeks, Jane is on vacation. You
			look a little familiar.

					BARNES
			I'm a disk jockey on KISH FM ........
			The CANDYMAN!

					LAURA
			Oh yes, the Candyman, ....I listen
			to your show all the time.  May I 
			have your autograph?  You know
			my little girl collects them.

					BARNES
			Do you want one of my fan club 
			pictures?

					LAURA
			Oh sure, that'd even be better.

	Barnes takes an eight by ten glossy out of his
	attaché case and hands it to the receptionist.

					LAURA
			Thank you.  She will love this.
				(her phone buzzes)
			Yes Mr. Levine, I'll tell him your
			ready.
			 		
					BARNES
			Do you want me to autograph it?

					LAURA
			Yes of course.
				(handing the picture back 
				 to Barnes)

					BARNES
			What's your daughters name?

					LAURA
			Oh ....Ah.......Laura, just like
			my name. Can you write to Laura 
			with love, Candyman?

					BARNES
			Sure no problem!

					LAURA
			Thank you.  Mr. Levine is ready
			for you.

	Alan Levine is a balding man in his late forties
	dresses quite well and has a new Rolex watch on his
	wrist.  He wears only GEORGIO ARMANI suites. Standing 
	in the hall way, he motions Barnes to follow him.

	INT.	LEVINES OFFICE -  WELL APPOINTED

	LEVINE'S office is very large and sports a very
	expensive set of matched furniture.  Levine 
	motions for Barnes to sit down.

					LEVINE
			Mr. Barnes may I get you
			something to drink?

					BARNES 
			No I'm fine. So what did
			you find out?

					LEVINE
			I put The best investigator on
			your case and I'm afraid I have
			some bad news for you.
						
					BARNES
			I know, she's having an affair, 
			right?

					LEVINE
			Yes, I'm afraid she is.  Do you 
			know with whom?

					BARNES
			I have no idea, the bitch is 
			probably having an affair with
			my producer.

					LEVINE
			That was close, but no gold ring.
			She's having an affair with your
			associate producer.

					BARNES
			My associate producer is a women. 
			No way!

					LEVINE
			Would you like to see the pictures?

					BARNES
				(very upset)
			The bitch is a switch hitter?

					LEVINE
			I'm afraid so.

					BARNES
				(still upset)
			Holy shit, I was screwing both
			bitches and they're screwing 
			each other, only in Hollywood.

					LEVINE
			It could have been worse. You could
			have had kids from her.

					BARNES
			I want out of this marriage.
			What's it going to cost me 
			and how soon?
				       
					LEVINE
			I looked over your financial
			report and other than the big 
			house, you don't have squat!
			Do you have any hidden accounts?

					BARNES
			Hidden?  Hidden like what?

					LEVINE
			Like off shore accounts.  You
			know, Dutch Antilles Bank of
			Costa Rica?

					BARNES
			I didn't plan to divorce her
			for crying out loud.

					LEVINE
			She has a million dollar life
			insurance policy on you?  Why?

					BARNES
			I like to climb mountains.

					LEVINE
			Your total income last year was
			almost a million dollars.  What
			the hell do you do with all your
			money?

					BARNES
			My wife spends a lot of money.

					LEVINE
			Well I'm afraid your going to
			take it in the ass.

					BARNES
			What's the damage?

					LEVINE
			She keeps the house, the Ferrari 
			and you pay her twenty thousand a 
			month for five years.

					BARNES

			You got to be shitting me!									
					LEVINE
			I'm afraid your out of 
			luck pal.

					BARNES
			What would it cost me to
			waste her?

					LEVINE
			Hey, don't even kid like that.

					BARNES
			I wont pay it no way!

					LEVINE
			My investigator said your 
			associate producer has a 
			golden nose?

					BARNES
			Yeah, she's a coke freak, why?

					LEVINE
			Does your wife do coke?

					BARNES
			Only at parties.

					LEVINE
			Do you?

					BARNES
			Hey, what kind of question
			was that. Who's side are 
			you on?

					LEVINE
			Yours pal.  What I'm saying is 
			if they both got busted, she 
			would do time.  You hear what
			I'm saying?

					BARNES
			Set her up?

					LEVINE
			You said that Mr. Barnes, not me.

					BARNES
			Your saying .......
					
					LEVINE
			I'm not saying anything.

					BARNES
			I wont pay twenty grand a month
			to her no matter what.

					LEVINE
			Look, think it over and if you
			decide to go through with it
			I'll start the papers.

					BARNES
			Is your investigator for hire
			outside the office?

					LEVINE
			Sure.  Why?

					BARNES
			I need him to check out a 
			few more things for me.

	Levine reaches into his desk and removes 
	a business card and hands it to Barnes. 

					LEVINE
 			His name is ARNOLD NEGRETE, he
			was on the LAPD homicide team
			until he retired last month.
			Tell him you talked to me and
			you want him to check out a few
			things. Ok?

					BARNES
			I need some time to think this
			thing over.  I'll call you.

					LEVINE
			I think you should just bite
			the bullet and divorce her, 
			once and for all!

					BARNES
			I work hard for my money and 
			I'll be damn if I'll give it
			to her for the next five years.

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	EXT.     SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - NEGRETE DETECTIVES

	INT.      SMALL OFFICE ON VAN NUYS BOULEVARD

	Barnes walks in the door and stops at the front desk
 	where a very nice looking Hispanic lady in her late 
	twenties is typing a report. On her desk is a
	name plate TANYA BACA. 

					BARNES
			Hi, I had an appointment with Mr.
			Negrete, is he in?

					BACA
				(looking up and smiling)
			Hey, .... hey .. your the Candyman
			right?

					BARNES
			That's me, do you listen to my show?

					BACA
			All the time man, all the time.

					BARNES
			Good, it seems like I have a 
			lot of fans!

					BACA
			I think your really hot, and 
			now that I've seen you in 
			person, I bet you really 
			get all the girls hot 
			don't you?

					BARNES
				(blushing)
			Whatever?

					BACA
			Go on in, Candyman, he's waiting for
			you.

	Barnes opens the door with the name Arnold
	Negrete, Private Investigator.
						

	INT.	SMALL BUT COMFORTABLE OFFICE

	ARNOLD NEGRETE is an Hispanic man in his middle forties
	and is still quite good looking and wears his hair pulled 
	straight back with a very small pony tail.  He has a Clark Gable
	type mustache and is just hanging up the phone.

					NEGRETE
				(smiling)
			Mr. Barnes,. or shall I call you 
			Candyman?

					BARNES
			Call me William, Bill, Billy, Mac
			or Buddy, I don't care.

					NEGRETE
				(laughing)
			That sounds like the lines from
			a Sheryl Crow song.

					BARNES
			It is, I was just kidding.

					NEGRETE
			Your a comedian, not a very
			good one, but a comedian.
			For a man who's going to have
			his nuts ripped out by their 
			roots, your in very good spirit
			my friend.

					BARNES
			What do you mean?

					NEGRETE
			What do I mean?  Levine says your
			old lady is taking your million 
			dollar house, the Ferrari and 
			twenty-thousand bucks a month!
			I think that qualifies for having
			your nuts ripped out by the roots!

					BARNES
			Not yet!

					NEGRETE
			If my old lady was licking around,
			I would ask if I could watch, not
			divorce her!
  
					BARNES
			I have principals!

					NEGRETE
			Yeah right, like it's ok for
			you to nail your associate 
			producer, but you don't want
			her partying your old lady.

					BARNES
			Well, ....

					NEGRETE
			No need to explain my friend.
			You white boys are all the same
			it's ok for you to rock and roll
			but no way can your old lady 
			party!

					BARNES
			What side are you on?

					NEGRETE
			The side that has the coin my
			friend Candyman.  Now what do
			you want me to do, waste her?

					BARNES
			No, of course not.

					NEGRETE
			You want me to set her up don't 
			you?

					BARNES
			What do you mean?

					NEGRETE
			Are we going to bull shit each
			other all day or do we get 
			down to business?

					BARNES
			Maybe I better find somebody else?

					NEGRETE
			Go ahead candyman, the door is
			not locked.
					
					BARNES
			I'm confused.

					NEGRETE
			Confused?  I think your confused
			as to which human emotion hurts 
			more.  Loss of money or loss of
			ethics.  Look at me when I'm
			talking to you home boy!

					BARNES
			Why did you call me home boy,
			I'm not a gang member.

					NEGRETE
			Isn't it true you changed your
			name from BANULEOS to BARNES,
			to enhance your appearance a 
			little more to the white boys 
			and girls?  What's wrong didn't
			you like being called a SPIC?

					BARNES
			I'm a SAPHARDIC JEW and I don't 
			want to be confused with LATINOS!

					NEGRETE
			Yeah right and my mother is Irish!
			And my daddy is a white Hispanic.

					BARNES
			You know Negrete your a real 
			world class ass hole.

					NEGRETE
			You have come here to have me
			kill your wife or set her up
			and you expect me to be a priest!

					BARNES
			You know I could buy you three
			times over you stinking SPIC.

					NEGRETE
				(laughing)
			Oh now the pot is calling the 
			kettle black?  Well as one
			stinking SPIC to another what
			the hell do you want me to do
			to her?
			
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	EXT.	RODEO ROAD PLAZA HOTEL AND RESTAURANT    NOON

	INT.	RESTAURANT DINNING ROOM

	Two very beautiful young ladies are having lunch in the terrace dinning room.  	One is IVANA BARNES who is in her	early twenties and could pose for any 	issue of Bazaar Magazine.  The other is GINA GARCIA a nice looking Hispanic 	lady in her early thirties. She is an associate producer at KISH FM.

					IVANA
			Gina, you have to try the Halibut
			it's out of this world.

					GINA
			Yeah right, at eighteen dollars
			a plate, I'll pass.

					IVANA
			I'll pay for it.

					GINA
			Like you pay for everything else?

					IVANA
			You mean a lot to me Gina.

					GINA
			I thought you were going to leave
			the Candyman?

					IVANA
			I am, but all in good time my
			dear.

					GINA	
			I'm not waiting any more. It's
			too dangerous for us to party 
			while I'm working for your 
			husband. I need my job!

					IVANA
			I have a plan.

					GINA
			Yeah right! 
					
					IVANA
			I've contacted a man who is
			going to make sure he doesn't 
			return from his next mountain.

					GINA
			You dummy, don't kill the
			golden goose!

					IVANA
			I have a Million dollar policy
			and when he doesn't return I get 
			one million tax free dollars.

					GINA
			He makes that much in one year.
			What you want is about fifty
			"G's" a month for the rest of
			your life.

					IVANA
			He will never pay it.  You don't
			know him like I do.  He's
			a Spanish Jew and they're the
			worst!

					GINA
			TIC TOC, TICK TOC ...time is 
			running out and I can't take any
			more of this shit. It's either him
			or me!

	IVANA places her hand on Gina's leg,squeezes and 
	smiles.

					IVANA
			Hang in there sweet Gina, mama
			will win and we'll spend the
			rest of our lives on the beach
			drinking "Missionary Downfall's".

					GINA
			I don't like exotic drinks.
			You know what I like.

					IVANA
			Yeah, and your going to end up
			in jail.

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	EXT.	CENTURY CITY PLAZA -  CENTURY CITY CALIFORNIA

	INT.	RECEPTION AREA, LAW FIRM OF MILLIKEN, WILLIAM'S AND 	LEVINE

	IVANA BARNES is waiting to see Alan Levine and is quite restless but is trying to 	contain her composure.

					IVANA 
			Miss, do you think it'll be much 
			longer.

					RECEPTIONIST
			I'm sorry Mrs. Barnes but we're
			running a little late.  He should 
			be with you in a few minutes.					
					LAURA
				(her phone buzzes)
			Yes Mr. Levine, I'll tell her
			your ready.  Mrs. Barnes Mr.
			Levine is ready for you.

	Alan Levine is Standing in the hallway, he motions IVANA BARNES to follow him.

	INT.	LEVINES OFFICE -

	Levine kisses IVANA on the cheek and motions for her to sit down.

					LEVINE
			IVANA you look marvelous can I
			get you something to drink?

					IVANA  
			No I'm fine.

					LEVINE
			So how is Bill, I hope he looks
			as good as you do?
			
					BARNES
			He's having an affair! 
			
					LEVINE
			Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that,
			do you know who it is?
		
					IVANA 
			Gina Garcia his associate
			producer.
			
					LEVINE
			That' terrible.  Have you 
			confronted him?
			
					IVANA 
			She's my best friend. 

					LEVINE
			Have you confronted her?

					IVANA 
				(very upset)
			The bitch is a switch hitter?

					LEVINE
			Oh really.  

					IVANA 
				(still upset)
			If I file for divorce, how much
			can I get?
			
					LEVINE
			How much do you need?                    
			
					IVANA 
			I want at least fifty-thousand
			a month. (A beat).  Can you 
			get me that much? And I want
			the house and the Ferrari
			too!  I know he makes about
			a million a year.

					LEVINE
			Do you have any money put away?

					IVANA
			Put away?  Crap he gives me 
			two hundred per week to live
			on.  That lasts me about
			two days.
			
					LEVINE
			What does he do with all
			the money.

					IVANA
			Beats the shit out of me?
					
					LEVINE
			I'll be honest with you my
			dear.  I don't think you
			could get anymore than 
			ten thousand per month.

					IVANA
			I can't make it on less
			then fifty-thousand per
			month.
				
					LEVINE
			I may be able to get you a 
			little more.  Let me look 
			into it.

					IVANA 
			I don't want him to know I'm 
			looking at divorce.
			
	Levine marks up his day planner and turns a few 
	pages.               

					LEVINE
 			Oh, don't worry, I'll be very 
			discrete.  Call me in about a 
			week.  Ok?
			
					IVANA
			Do you remember I called you
			about recommending a good
			private detective to help
			one of my friends.

					LEVINE
			Yes, why, is there a problem?

					IVANA
			Oh, not at all.  My friend just
			wants to know how reliable Mr.
			Negrete is.

					LEVINE
			Arnold is like the rock of
			Gibraltar.  Believe me she
			is in good hands.

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	EXT. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY -  NEGRETE DETECTIVES

	INT.	SMALL OFFICE ON VAN NUYS BOULEVARD

	IVANA walks in the front door and stops at the front desk where
	she say's hi to TANYA BACA.

					IVANA 
			Hi, I had an appointment with Mr.
			Negrete, is he in?

					BACA
				(looking up and smiling)
			Hi Mrs. Barnes, yeah sure he's  
			waiting for you.

	INT.	ARNOLD NEGRETE'S OFFICE    

	Negrete is on the phone and he motions for IVANA to sit down.

					NEGRETE
				(smiling)
			Yes Mrs. BLALOCK we'll look into it,
			good bye.  Call me next week.
			
					IVANA 
			Hey homes, what's happening?
			
					NEGRETE
				(laughing)
			That sounds like a white girl trying
			to sound like one of the sisters.
								
					IVANA 
			What do you mean?

					NEGRETE
			What do I mean?  Levine says your
			thinking of pulling Billy's nuts out 
			by the roots. The house, the Ferrari
			and fifty-thousand bucks a month!
			I think that qualifies for castration.
			
					IVANA
			I got tired of waiting for your
			guy to push him off a mountain.

					NEGRETE
			Hey lighten up IVANA, we cant 
			push until he goes up the FRIGGEN
			mountain.  You hear what I'm 
			saying.
												
  					BARNES
			I'm tired of waiting!

					NEGRETE
			Yeah right, is your little CHICITA
			putting the squeeze on you! Don't 
			worry about her, she'll wait till
			hell freezes over.
			
					IVANA
			Well, ....

					NEGRETE
			No need to explain I know, your
			in love and you want to be
			together.
			
					BARNES
			Hey, Billy is a swine and I want
			something better.

					NEGRETE
			What if the Candyman decides to
			dump you before you dump him?

					BARNES
			Billy dump me, no way he loves
			me.

					NEGRETE
			What if he finds out about your
			girlfriend?
			
					IVANA 
			He's got his head so far up his
			ass he can't even smell the coffee 
			anymore.

					NEGRETE
			So, what do you want me to do 
			drag him up the mountain and
			push him off?
											  
					IVANA 
			Maybe I have a better idea.        

					NEGRETE
			Oh pray tell what is it? 

					IVANA
			Plant some drugs on him.

					NEGRETE
				(sarcastic)
			Oh, that's a very original
			idea.  Do you have an MBA.

					IVANA
			No, but I have a Automobile Club
			card, why?

					NEGRETE
			No, don't even worry about it.
			So what do you want me to 
			plant on him.  Shit, Coke or 
			what?

					IVANA
			Shit, can you go to jail for 
			having shit?

					NEGRETE
			Did you finish High School?

					IVANA
			Yes I think I did, why?

					NEGRETE
			No reason, you just seem to 
			be very intelligent.  Shit
			on the street is marijuana.

					IVANA
			Isn't coke more serious?

					NEGRETE
			Oh yes, much more serious.

					IVANA
			How much will it cost?

					NEGRETE
			To put him away for any length
			of time, I would say at least
			one Kilo of some fairly good
			coke.

					IVANA
			How much will that cost?

					NEGRETE
			Twenty g's for the coke and 
			ten for my man to do it.

					IVANA
			Where am I suppose to get 
			thirty thousand dollars?

					NEGRETE
			Don't shop for a week?

					IVANA
			Oh, .....I couldn't do that.

					NEGRETE
			Looks like were back on the 
			mountain waiting for your
			husband to climb.  Nothing
			comes cheep baby cakes. 
									
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